Technitrol, Inc. Supplemental Retirement Plan Amended and Restated as of January 1, 2009
Technitrol, Inc. has established this Supplemental Retirement Plan to provide additional retirement benefits to certain highly compensated employees whose benefits under the standard company retirement plan are limited by IRS rules. The plan, effective January 1, 2009, is designed to comply with federal tax regulations and offers enhanced retirement benefits offset by amounts received under the main retirement plan. Eligible employees include those in management or designated by the board. Benefits are calculated based on years of service and compensation, with specific provisions for early and normal retirement.
TECHNITROL, INC.
SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PLAN
AMENDED AND RESTATED
EFFECTIVE january 1, 2009
PURPOSE CLAUSE
This Plan was originally established solely for the purpose of providing benefits to certain employees of Technitrol, Inc. and its affiliated companies that would have been payable to them under the Technitrol, Inc. Retirement Plan but for the limitation placed on the amount of their Compensation that can be taken into account under Section 401(a)(17) of the Code. Effective as of January 1, 2002, this Plan was amended and restated to provide for enhanced supplemental retirement benefits for eligible employees offset by their accrued benefits under the Technitrol, Inc. Retirement Plan. The Plan is intended to constitute an unfunded plan primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees. This Plan is amended and restated, effective as of January 1, 2009, in order to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the regulations and other guidance issued thereunder, with respect to amounts accrued and vested under the Plan after December 31, 2004. The Plan was operated in good faith compliance with Section 409A of the Code and interim guidance issued thereunder with respect to periods between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2008. A Participant's entitlement to Pre-409A Benefits shall be governed by the terms and provisions of the Technitrol, Inc. Supplemental Retirement Plan, as amended and restated effective December 31, 2004.
DEFINITIONS
BENEFITS
- Subject to the provisions of this Article III, a Participant who retires on or after the Normal Retirement Age with 20 or more Years of Service shall receive annually his Post 409A Benefits, commencing as of the first day of the month following the date of retirement, a single life annuity (payable in equal monthly installments) equal to the difference between (i) and (ii) below:
- 45% of Final Average Compensation
- The amount of the Participant's accrued benefits (in the form of a straight life annuity) under the Retirement Plan as of the date of retirement.
- For a Participant with less than 20 Years of Service, the annual amount of retirement benefit determined in Section 3.1(a)(i) above shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to his Years of Service and the denominator of which is 20.
- As an alternative to receiving benefits in the form of a single life annuity, the Participant may elect in writing to receive benefits in one of the Actuarially Equivalent optional forms as set forth in Section 3.3 and in accordance with Section 3.4. If the Participant elects to receive benefits in one of the optional forms, such benefits shall be adjusted using the Actuarial Equivalent assumptions set forth in Appendix A to this Plan.
- If a Participant has 20 or more Years of Service at termination, a single life annuity determined in accordance with Section 3.1(a), based on Years of Service at termination. The benefit determined under the formula in Section 3.1(a)(i) is reduced by 5% per year (prorated based on months) by which payments commence prior to the attainment of age 62 and the offset benefit determined under the formula in Section 3.1(a)(ii) is reduced according to Section 5.2(b) under the Retirement Plan. If payments commence on or after the attainment of age 62, the benefit under the formula in Section 3.1(a)(i) is unreduced, but the offset benefit determined under the formula in Section 3.1(a)(ii) shall be reduced according to Section 5.2(b) under the Retirement Plan if payments commence prior to age 65.
- If a Participant has less than 20 Years of Service at termination, a single life annuity determined in accordance with Section 3.1(b), based on Years of Service at termination and reduced by 1/15 for each of the first five (5) years and 1/30 for each of the next five (5) years (prorated based on months) by which payments commence prior to Normal Retirement Age.
- A Participant who terminates employment prior to his Early Retirement Date with five or more Years of Vesting Service shall receive his Post-409A Benefits, commencing as of the attainment of Early Retirement Date, in the form of a single life annuity as determined in accordance with Section 3.1 or one of the optional forms described in Section 3.3.
- A Participant with five or more Years of Vesting Service who terminated employment prior to January 1, 2009 and who has not commenced benefits by January 1, 2009 shall commence to receive his Post-409A Benefits as of the Early Retirement Date unless he makes an election in accordance with Section 3.4(b) or (c).
- a life annuity in level monthly payments, with either 60, 120 or 180 months certain. Such payments shall be made to the Participant for life and shall continue to be paid to the designated Beneficiary of the Participant for the period after the Participant's death and before expiration of the months certain.
- a joint and survivor annuity continuing for life in level monthly payments to the Participant and thereafter for life in level monthly payments to his designated Beneficiary, at either 50%) or 100% (as stated in the election) of the payments to the Participant.
- Prior Elections. Any payment elections made by a Participant before January 1, 2009 with respect to his Post-409A Benefits, shall continue in effect until such time as the Participant makes a subsequent payment election pursuant to this Article, and such payment election becomes effective as set forth below. If no payment election was previously made, then the current payment election shall be deemed by default to be a single life annuity payable at such time as set forth in Sections 3.1 and 3.2 above.
- Transitional Elections. On or before December 31, 2008, if a Participant who has not commenced to receive benefits wishes to change the timing of the commencement of benefits that are payable under Sections 3.1 and 3.2 of the Plan, the Participant may do so by completing a payment election form designated and approved by the Administrator, provided that any such election (i) must be made no later than December 31, 2008 and must be made prior to the year in which benefit payments are scheduled to commence, (ii) shall not take effect before the date that the election is made and received by the Administrator, (iii) does not cause a payment that would otherwise be made in the year in which the election is made to be delayed to a later year, and (iv) does not accelerate into the year in which the election is made a payment that is otherwise scheduled to be made in a later year.
- Changes in Payment Elections after 2008. On or after January 1, 2009, if a Participant wishes to change his payment election (or the default payment election described in Section 3.4(a), above) as to the timing of commencement of benefits, the Participant may do so by completing a payment election form designated and approved by the Administrator, provided that any such election (i) must be made at least 12 months before the date on which any benefit payments as of a specified time or pursuant to a fixed schedule are scheduled to commence, (ii) shall not take effect until at least 12 months after the date the election is made and accepted by the Administrator, and (iii) for payments to be made other than upon death, must provide an additional deferral period of at least five years from the date such payment would otherwise have been made (or in the case of any annuity or installment payments treated as a single payment, five years from the date the first amount was scheduled to be paid). For purposes o f this Plan and clause (iii) above, all annuities or installment payments under this Plan shall be treated as a single payment. An election by a Participant to only change the form of payment to one of the Actuarially Equivalent forms of benefit set forth in Section 3.3 shall not be treated as a change in payment election for purposes of this Section 3.4; however, any such election must be made by the Participant on an election form designated by and approved by the Administrator.
- Elections for New Participants. An Employee who becomes eligible to participate in the Plan after 2008 may elect, within 30 days after becoming eligible to participate, the time and form of benefit payments that the Participant shall receive under the Plan by completing a payment election form designated and approved by the Administrator. If the Participant fails to make such an election, the Participant shall be deemed by default to have elected a single life annuity payable at such time in accordance with Section 3.1 and 3.2, above, whichever is applicable.
- Beneficiary Designations. A Participant may designate a Beneficiary by completing and submitting a written designation with the Administrator, on a form prescribed and approved by the Administrator. A Participant may revoke or modify his Beneficiary designation at any time before the commencement of benefits by completing and submitting a new designation. However, designations will only be effective if signed by the Participant and received by the Administrator during the Participant's lifetime and prior to the date of commencement of benefits to the Participant. The Participant's Beneficiary designation shall be deemed automatically revoked if the Beneficiary predeceases the Participant before the commencement of benefits, or if the Participant names a spouse as Beneficiary and the marriage is subsequently dissolved before the commencement of benefits. If the Participant dies without a valid Beneficiary designation, all remaining payments of the Participant's benefits, if any, shall be made to the Participant's estate.
- Facility of Payment. If a benefit is payable to a minor, to a person declared incompetent, or to a person incapable of handling the disposition of his property, the Company may pay such benefit to the guardian, legal representative or person having the care or custody of such minor, incompetent person or incapable person. The Administrator may require proof of incompetence, minority or guardianship as it may deem appropriate prior to the distribution of the benefit. Such distribution shall completely discharge the Company from all liability with respect to such benefit.
- Payment Upon Income Inclusion. The Administrator may provide for the acceleration of the time or schedule of a payment at any time the Plan fails to meet the requirements of Section 409A and the regulations thereunder. Such payment may not exceed the amount required to be included in the Participant's income as a result of a failure to comply with the requirements of Section 409A and the regulations thereunder.
- Plan Termination. The Administrator may accelerate the time and form of payment where the acceleration of payment is made pursuant to the termination of the Plan in accordance with one of the following provisions:
- Technitrol, Inc. or any successor to it may terminate and liquidate the Plan pursuant to irrevocable action taken by its board of directors within the 30 days preceding or the 12 months following a Change in Control, provided that all agreements, methods, programs and other arrangements sponsored by the Company immediately after the Change of Control event under which deferrals of compensation are treated as having been deferred under a single plan under Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-1(c)(2) are terminated and liquidated with respect to each Participant that experienced the Change of Control event. Each such Participant shall receive all amounts of compensation deferred under the terminated agreements, methods, programs and other arrangements within 12 months of the date Technitrol, Inc. (or any successor to it) irrevocably takes all necessary action to terminate and liquidate the agreements, methods, programs and other arrangements.
- Technitrol, Inc. may terminate the Plan at any time and for any reason, provided that the termination and liquidation of the Plan does not occur proximate to a downturn in the financial health of the Company. The Company must terminate and liquidate all agreements, methods, programs and other arrangements sponsored by the Company that would be aggregated with any terminated and liquidated agreements, methods, programs and other arrangements under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(c) if the same Participant had deferrals of compensation under all of the agreements, methods, programs and other arrangements that are terminated and liquidated. Further, no payments in liquidation of the Plan shall be made within 12 months of the date Technitrol, Inc. takes all necessary action to irrevocably terminate and liquidate the Plan other than payments that would be payable under the terms of the Plan if the actions to terminate and liquidate the Plan had not occurred. In addition, all payments shall be made as soon as possible after the date that is 12 months after the date Technitrol, Inc. takes all necessary action to irrevocably terminate and liquidate the Plan (but not later than 24 months after such date). In addition, the Company shall not adopt a new plan that would be aggregated with any terminated and liquidated plan under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(c) if the same Participant participated in both plans, at any time within three years following the date that the Technitrol, Inc. takes all necessary action to irrevocably terminate and liquidate the Plan.
- Such other events and conditions as prescribed by Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix) or any generally applicable guidance published in the Internal Revenue Bulletin.
- Payment of State, Local, FICA or Foreign Taxes. The Administrator may provide for the acceleration of the time of a payment of a Post-409A Benefit to reflect the payment of state, local, FICA or foreign tax obligations arising from participation in the Plan that apply to an amount vested and accrued under the Plan before the amount is paid or made available to the Participant. Such payment may not exceed the amount of such taxes due as a result of participation in the Plan with respect to the Post-409A Benefits. A Participant's benefits under the Plan shall be reduced to reflect the payment of the Participant's tax obligations under this Section. The amount of the reduction to the Participant's benefits is determined as follows:
- If the Participant is required to receive a mandatory lump sum distribution pursuant to Section 3.7(d), the amount of the reduction equals the amount of the accelerated payment increased with interest from the date in which the accelerated payment was made to the Participant's benefit commencement date. The interest rate used for this purpose shall equal the interest rate set forth in Appendix A.
- If the Participant will receive his Plan benefit in the form of an annuity, the amount of the reduction equals the amount of the accelerated payment increased with interest from the date on which the accelerated payment was made to the Participant's benefit commencement date. The accumulated value of the accelerated payment is then converted into Actuarially Equivalent annuity using the actuarial assumptions set forth in Appendix A.
- Cashouts. The Administrator may in its decretion require a Participant or a Beneficiary of a deceased Participant to receive a mandatory lump sum distribution of benefits if the present value of the Participant's benefits (including the Participant's Pre-409A Benefits) under the Plan do not exceed the applicable dollar amount under Section 402(g)(1)(B) of the Code, provided that the payment results in the termination and liquidation of the Participant's interest under the Plan (and under all arrangements that are treated with this Plan as a single non-qualified deferred compensation plan under Section 1.409A-1(c)(2) of the regulations). The present value of a lump sum payment shall be calculated as of the payment date, assuming commencement at the Participant's earliest possible commencement date, in accordance with the interest and mortality assumptions as described in Appendix A.
ADMINISTRATION
- Upon presentation to the Administrator of a claim on the prescribed form, the Administrator shall make a determination of the validity thereof. If the determination is adverse to the claimant, the Administrator shall furnish to the claimant within 90 days after the receipt of the claim a written notice setting forth the following:
- the specific reason or reasons for the denial;
- specific responses to pertinent provisions of the Plan on which the denial is based;
- a description of any additional materials or information necessary for the claimant to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary; and
- appropriate information as to the steps to be taken if the claimant wishes to submit his or her claim for review.
- In the event of a denial of a claim, the claimant or his duly authorized representative may appeal such denial to the Administrator for a full and fair review of the adverse determination. Claimant's request for review must be in writing and made to the Administrator within 60 days after receipt by claimant of the written notification required under Section 4.2(b); provided, however, such 60-day period shall be extended if circumstances so warrant. Claimant or his duly authorized representative may submit issues and comments in writing which shall be given full consideration by the Administrator in its review.
- The Administrator may, in its sole discretion, conduct a hearing. A request for a hearing made by claimant will be given full consideration. At such hearing, the claimant shall be entitled to appear and present evidence and be represented by counsel.
- A decision on a request for review shall be made by the Administrator not later than 60 days after receipt of the request; provided, however, in the event of a hearing or other special circumstances, such decision shall be made not later than 120 days after receipt of such request. If it is necessary to extend the period of time for making a decision beyond 60 days after the receipt of the request, the claimant shall be notified in writing of the extension of time prior to the beginning of such extension.
- The Administrator's decision on review shall state in writing the specific reasons and references to the Plan provisions on which it is based. Such decision shall be promptly provided to the claimant. If the decision on review is not furnished in accordance with the foregoing, the claim shall be deemed denied on review.
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
CHANGE IN CONTROL
MISCELLANEOUS
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Technitrol, Inc. has caused this Plan to be executed by its authorized officers and its corporate seal to be impressed hereon this 24th day of December, 2008.
TECHNITROL, INC.
/s/ Drew A. Moyer
APPENDIX A
TECHNITROL, INC.
SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PLAN
AMENDED AND RESTATED
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2009
The Actuarially Equivalent assumptions that shall be used for calculating present value of a Participant's Post-409A Benefit for purposes of determining the adjustment for payment of state, local, FICA or foreign taxes under Section 3.7(c) or cashouts under Section 3.7(d) are as follows:
Interest: The applicable interest rate prescribed by the rules under Section 417(e)(3) of the Code for the October preceding the calendar year in which the distribution is made.
Mortality: The applicable mortality table under Section 417(e)(3) of the Code.